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    "I want a sleeve. You know, clouds and stars and shit." So we did a painting of a sleeve of clouds and stars and....shit. Actual turds, with bits of corn in them and everything. Strangely enough people start to get a bit more specific when we whip it out. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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    I've got a Morrissey portrait (kinda trad crossed with black and grey realism) a skull with a candle dripping down it with a banner 'There is a light that never goes out'. I've got a DJ hanging by the neck with a banner 'Hang the dj'. I'm planning to get 'Fight The Power' across my stomach and also another Morrissey (but more stylized) with 'Now my heart is full'. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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    Mine is really simple. I shout from my station to my colleagues station 'I've had a cancellation/no-show too. Do me a tattoo NOW!' Then I spend the next hour pissing and moaning, accusing him of specifically trying to hurt me, saying how I'm sure I don't hurt my customers this bad, asking what have I ever done to him to deserve this terrible treatment, and swearing profusely. I then go back to work and moan to my customers about how much I hate being tattooed, which really helps them suffer the pain I'm sure! Tattooers make the worst customers. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Ressurecting this thread to add a myth/misconception that kitchen wizards and scratchers always perpetuate to excuse their shit work... "it depends on how your skin takes the ink" No, mate. It depends on whether or not you know how to tattoo properly.
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    Recent conversation. Me - hi there, what can we do for you? Customer - look at this shit tattoo *shows some wobbly writing on her wrist obviously scratched on* isn't it rubbish? Look how crap it is. Me - we'll, it's pretty bad, yeah. Customer - that was done by **** at ****'s tattoos. It's rubbish, I hate it. Me - ok. Well, I can promise you we're a bit better than that, at least. Customer - so how much would it cost to get just a little name on my other wrist? Me - if it's just small it'd probably be our minimum charge, which is £25. Customer - £25? Fuck off. **** at ****'s tattoos (same place she'd just been complaining about) will do it for a fiver. I'll go there. Me - ..... You get the tattoo you deserve.
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    Dunno what type of laser removal it is (I try and make my tattoos the sort that people want to keep forever, so I'm not that well versed in the removal technology), but our studio used to refer people to a guy that was lasering for that price, (might be a bit more now - he's based in a shop as he used to be mobile) or thereabouts. He's based in Sunderland.
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    Woah! Tattoo removal sounds like an expensive business in the US. Where I am (UK) we can get laser removal done for about £40 a session (obviously depending on tattoo size, but certainly not hundreds)!
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    We get loads of people walking in and saying "I want a sleeve tattooed" to which we obviously reply "Okay mate, what do you have in mind?", they then say "I don't know." Honestly? You want your whole arm covered, but you haven't given any thought to what with?
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    'sup bruv

    kingofcosta posted a topic in Initiation

    Hey folks! I'm an apprentice (a year into it) in Sunderland, UK. Done a few tattoos, made a LOT more cups of tea and swept some floors. Thought I'd join up and have a look around, more knowledge is always a good thing, right!?! M'kay then, I'm off to have a looksy, ciao!
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